In the wild when a young hen comes into condition do they end up having chicks from an older male or do they not?

 

I'm courious

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by **Liv**

in the wild is totally diffrent to our birds as ours are breed in captivity

how ever i have a doco on parrot life and its got a really good section on budgies

 

in the wild budgies sexually mature at 8 weeks they can breed this is due to their high mortality rate

 

 

it is not how ever to say that this is nature so let it be

as hence the word mortality more birds die due to this than other natural predetors

 

 

no bird should be allowed a clutch so young ever

 

they just are not phisically fit or developed just like a young girl the rezult is alot of dead or starving chicks and just lots of dead birds really it takes to much out of them

Yeah I know about sexual maturaty in our budgie's in captivaty and I was just curious about the budgie's in the wild

In the wild birds breed as soon as they are old enough. Many young hens would die due to complications. You have to remember that in the wild, breeding is dependant upon rain. Rains only come one a season in the middle of the outback, so there would be rain, and then all the hens would be wanting to breed. The young will be born, come to maturity and leave the nest. The rain may not come again for 10 months. It is unlikely that they will get rain in another 2 months. Since it is a hot dry environment, there is naturally a bigger gap in breeding cycles then the artificial environments we put them in.

You would probably find that in the wild the hen would most likely be mated by an older bird. The older bird is more mature and persistent and learnt the ways of females and how to beat off rivals. The other reason is research has shown that females pick their partner based on spot size.

 

Rain is a trigger to commence breeding as with rain comes seeding grasses. There must be plently of food to raise the young.

Edited January 10, 200916 yr by RIPbudgies